To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within read more

To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

All art is autobiographical. The pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.

Art is the objectification of feeling, and the subjectification
of nature.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned read more

We have learned to whittle the Eden Tree to the shape of a
surplice peg,
We have learned to bottle our parent twain in the yelk of an
addled egg.
We know that the tail must wag the dog, for the horse is drawn by
the cart,
But the devil never whoops, as he of old; It's clever, but is it
art?